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one of the things that we very much would like to do, which the president address less than the city union is enable homeowners who are paying there bills, who are under water to no fault of their own because of the financial crisis to be able to refinance there loans. right now you have come up to of commerce ron locked into six, seven, 8% mortgages when they should be able to get three and half for 4%. we ought to deal to do that on a bipartisan basis. >> six you very much. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you very much, senator. >> think you very much, mr. chairman. i appreciate having you here with us today. i want to continue to focus on tax reform as we did in our private discussions. as i have shared with you in my work with the bulls simpson commission and other areas trying to address putting together a comprehensive deficit reduction package in debt reduction package, our view, tax reform as i have heard you say today, a key part of that cannot because of the need to raise revenue, which is where you and i may have some disagreements, but because of the need to generate gr
one of the things that we very much would like to do, which the president address less than the city union is enable homeowners who are paying there bills, who are under water to no fault of their own because of the financial crisis to be able to refinance there loans. right now you have come up to of commerce ron locked into six, seven, 8% mortgages when they should be able to get three and half for 4%. we ought to deal to do that on a bipartisan basis. >> six you very much. thank you,...
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prior to the decline of industry in the city in the mid 1960's, the manchester community was a solid working class community like so many in -- in that -- at that time in southwestern pennsylvania and throughout the nation before the terrible loss of steel jobs, among other jobs that disappeared over just a number of years in devastated communities. by the time bill was in high school, the area around him had slid into urban decay and instability. although surrounded by poverty, bill's mother was determined to provide a safe environment for her family. and although she didn't have a high school diploma herself, bill strickland's mother held firm to the belief that a good education is a ticket to a better life. at oliver high school when he began his senior year, bill had neither plans for after graduation or a clear picture of what his future might look like. then one day while walking down the hallway at school, bill strickland was attracted by the smell of, of all things, fresh coffee. the coffee along with the sounds of jazz music led bill to the art room in oliver high school whe
prior to the decline of industry in the city in the mid 1960's, the manchester community was a solid working class community like so many in -- in that -- at that time in southwestern pennsylvania and throughout the nation before the terrible loss of steel jobs, among other jobs that disappeared over just a number of years in devastated communities. by the time bill was in high school, the area around him had slid into urban decay and instability. although surrounded by poverty, bill's mother...
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it happens across the country and it happens in your city and in my city. the problem is we don't have the legislation, we have legislators the will step up and use their heart. you have a powerful position but we have to use it. it's something like when you have the power, what did you do with it? if you write the legislation and have the committee meetings on how to stop people from being discriminated, how to stop people from being treated unfairly, then you have done your job. but if you sit on the sidelines and don't write legislation and don't get involved, and by the way, the legislators in the city of philadelphia, my counterparts , they didn't rally behind me, they didn't have a demonstration, they didn't sit down with the mayor of austin and say he was one of ours. many years in the community i took myself away from my family to support the community prior to becoming the police officer, prior to becoming the by the way with the lawsuit was going i was running for sheriff so you know what happened. i had them writing letters about me and i was a t
it happens across the country and it happens in your city and in my city. the problem is we don't have the legislation, we have legislators the will step up and use their heart. you have a powerful position but we have to use it. it's something like when you have the power, what did you do with it? if you write the legislation and have the committee meetings on how to stop people from being discriminated, how to stop people from being treated unfairly, then you have done your job. but if you...
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cities are some of the rules we are refining us to come through this first year. a more than happy to talk about ways we are approaching the work in each case because they think that will bring it to life. but since many fewer practitioners, i thought some of these points might fit with some of your own findings. i would just say to you, people already asked me if i'm having fun. first off, it's an unbelievable privilege and it's starting to be fine. sir thank you very much. i'm looking forward to the conversation. >> thank you very much, ambassador and assistant secretary. avalon ask if you're having fun, but i did want to start with a general question. in selecting these four cases are your focusing 80% of your energy, is this a science or an art that you're trying to cultivate? is a systemic approach are trying to develop or are you seeing what you can have a tailoring individual each case? >> it's both. as the result of a process with people at the white house company assistant secretaries secretary for regional bureaus, making sure there is an ambassador who
cities are some of the rules we are refining us to come through this first year. a more than happy to talk about ways we are approaching the work in each case because they think that will bring it to life. but since many fewer practitioners, i thought some of these points might fit with some of your own findings. i would just say to you, people already asked me if i'm having fun. first off, it's an unbelievable privilege and it's starting to be fine. sir thank you very much. i'm looking forward...
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to bonnie, let's go to our republican line next, to nicholas in new york city. nicholas, welcome. >> caller: well, it's great to be here, and thank you, and i'll try to make it brief, and let me apologize to the others waiting on line. i just, very quickly, you know, i came here as a child in 1966, and they moved us up to the bronx. we came here through red cross auspices. and, you know, my dad and mom worked two and three jobs, eventually they bought real estate because they saved their money. we were subsistence farmers back home -- >> host: nicholas, where -- where was back home? you said you came here in '66. where was back home? >> caller: montenegro today on border of albanian on the coast of adriatic sea. we were albanian catholics. in fact, we were a minority amongst other minorities, but we were the minority. >> host: back to our question, how do you think these budget cuts will affect you? >> guest: well, i've been watching this thing, and it seems like i've seen this movie before. now, i've worked very hard as my mom and daddied, as my brothers do, an
to bonnie, let's go to our republican line next, to nicholas in new york city. nicholas, welcome. >> caller: well, it's great to be here, and thank you, and i'll try to make it brief, and let me apologize to the others waiting on line. i just, very quickly, you know, i came here as a child in 1966, and they moved us up to the bronx. we came here through red cross auspices. and, you know, my dad and mom worked two and three jobs, eventually they bought real estate because they saved their...
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to cities by 2050. further away from the food, where the food is grown, requiring new ways to prevent waste, and enhanced nutrition. here's another illustration, one should stick out all the statistics that are thrown at you so far. in fact, if there's one thing that i hope you will remember from my remarks this morning, it would be this. i still, it's just breathtaking just to say this. a full 30-50% of the food produced in the world rots forgoes unbeaten. -- or goes unbeaten. that to me is one of the most amazing statistics i will ever articulate. up to half of our total global output. except while waste might be the problem here in the developed world, the problem and the developing countries be getting the goods to market, as we all know. roughly 85% of the food produced never crosses international borders. and given the unequal distribution of people in arable land i just mentioned, that is a major obstacle today of feeding the world. so when it comes down to is that we need to produce more, higher
to cities by 2050. further away from the food, where the food is grown, requiring new ways to prevent waste, and enhanced nutrition. here's another illustration, one should stick out all the statistics that are thrown at you so far. in fact, if there's one thing that i hope you will remember from my remarks this morning, it would be this. i still, it's just breathtaking just to say this. a full 30-50% of the food produced in the world rots forgoes unbeaten. -- or goes unbeaten. that to me is...
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the land use and cities as for parking. we get stuck in traffic jams. 90% of the energy that we use is by automated self driving vehicles. advancing that in education. within the next five years, we are going to have another 3 billion people coming on the internet worldwide. the government can talk to each other, imagine what happens over the next five or so years with technology. it is all because of technology. people like me, engineers, scientists, whole assortment of people. until recently, 50% of silicon valley, the most innovative part of the country. we are reinventing america. it is all about skills. the people that are making this happen are engineers and scientists and doctors and most importantly entrepreneurs. so we have a choice right now. we can reinvent america and create a better world. we can create security that protects us and we can do all of these things right now, all within the next five or seven years. i can guarantee that five years from now, we will be talking about the changes. we are talking abou
the land use and cities as for parking. we get stuck in traffic jams. 90% of the energy that we use is by automated self driving vehicles. advancing that in education. within the next five years, we are going to have another 3 billion people coming on the internet worldwide. the government can talk to each other, imagine what happens over the next five or so years with technology. it is all because of technology. people like me, engineers, scientists, whole assortment of people. until recently,...
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city and detonated and go off. so i'll tell you, in some ways that's a good analogy but very often nowadays as soon as people start to talk about nukes as an analogy to cyber, i think they probably don't know what you're talking about because as someone who probably came up with a cold war way of thinking and it's an analogy that if it is almost always false. this is another example of why it's false. loose noose is an easy problem compared to constrain the flow of destructive malware from black market. why? personal loose noose produced almost entirely to every that i know by nationstates. second of all, they give off a signature, right? there's radiation ways you can attract them and it's a physical thing like don't do the obvious but it's something you can track. those are not all the same situation when you come to distrust of malware, which can be produced by an individual which doesn't exist as a physical thing, and passes over borders in a way that is nearly if not completely impossible to track. okay, so i
city and detonated and go off. so i'll tell you, in some ways that's a good analogy but very often nowadays as soon as people start to talk about nukes as an analogy to cyber, i think they probably don't know what you're talking about because as someone who probably came up with a cold war way of thinking and it's an analogy that if it is almost always false. this is another example of why it's false. loose noose is an easy problem compared to constrain the flow of destructive malware from...
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what is your thinking about how we can change that cities good ideas can be heard? >> congressman, it comes down to at the ministry of and congressional demand that the mission itself would be effectively carried out. then there has to be a focus and oversight the best way to do that and whether the department of homeland security is implementing it so the extent that if they go back to the suspects in the defense committee the question is are there better ideas that can infect the incorporated command can refine the methodology to do that other than the general contractor type of approach? as we know, the typical approach of the government particularly the dhs is too high year a big player and the innovative small business people that you're talking about simply become players as subcontractors to read the question is can we find a way to make sure that we are fully engaged in the most innovative small business people as they come up with new and innovative ideas and that is an administrative approach within the congress can rightly demand. >> we now recognize you
what is your thinking about how we can change that cities good ideas can be heard? >> congressman, it comes down to at the ministry of and congressional demand that the mission itself would be effectively carried out. then there has to be a focus and oversight the best way to do that and whether the department of homeland security is implementing it so the extent that if they go back to the suspects in the defense committee the question is are there better ideas that can infect the...
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the wealth is created outside of this -- this city of washington, the seat of our government. and we have to take that into consideration, that it takes capital to create jobs. if you want to get unemployment down, you don't take capital out of the private sector. in addition to the buffett rule, the other side has resurrected another proposal voted down by this body less than a year ago. this proposal has to do with businesses deducting ordinary and necessary business expenses. the rhetoric from the other side is that their proposal would close a loophole that incentivizes companies to ship jobs overseas. the problem is, no such provision exists. the deduction for ordinary and necessary business expenses is a mainstay of our tax code. it is an income defining provision that accounts for the cost of doing business. what the proposal before us actually does is target companies doing business on a worldwide scale for a tax hike. this will not create jobs in america, it will not bring jobs that have relocated offshore back home. what it will do is punish business that seeks to ex
the wealth is created outside of this -- this city of washington, the seat of our government. and we have to take that into consideration, that it takes capital to create jobs. if you want to get unemployment down, you don't take capital out of the private sector. in addition to the buffett rule, the other side has resurrected another proposal voted down by this body less than a year ago. this proposal has to do with businesses deducting ordinary and necessary business expenses. the rhetoric...
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chairman, those 162 cities -- sorry, 192 cities, are the leading candidates for added service. >> and again, i want to close what i tried to start when i complemented mr. kennedy, but usair has shown i think a lot of innovation here at reagan. i notice you're using to gates and you've added probably 30 destinations, 30 or 40 new destinations. you know, all over the east. and you, i think it showed a lot of imagination and how you do that. and as i said, i don't fly american that often, but you know, if i go to dallas i'm not going to go to charlotte first. i'm going to fly american. and so i don't see how that's competition. i'm, i'm going to come if i go to dallas i'm going on american from birmingham. if i can go to d.c., i'm not going to go through dallas. but the service, the reliability on usair, the customer service is excellent. on the airplane, the on-time performance, and all the airlines. i heard something about baggage, but my gosh, we've gone to two bags out of a thousand, our late. and that, that used to be five and 10. so it's incredible success there. you know, there wa
chairman, those 162 cities -- sorry, 192 cities, are the leading candidates for added service. >> and again, i want to close what i tried to start when i complemented mr. kennedy, but usair has shown i think a lot of innovation here at reagan. i notice you're using to gates and you've added probably 30 destinations, 30 or 40 new destinations. you know, all over the east. and you, i think it showed a lot of imagination and how you do that. and as i said, i don't fly american that often,...
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then it was a national security issue, so national security issue, so and washington and mexico city the president corporation and building trust, institutional trust mexico understands the views to disagree on something we agree it is such of complicated situation but fighting drugs and trafficking, smugglers, a long way to go but we are much better when fingerpointing would have been with those differences are channels and many times to move on the agenda. but one clarification i am here is a private citizen not public official. when i talk about we it is because it is not we is them. i am hoping you take that into account. what is obvious is the geography with mexico and the destiny of loss. including rocks from columbia, arms not just central america but all over the world salute that is a huge issue. so with needs of social development the flows of people crossing territories as out papers to get to the u.s.. at the same time the source of millions of americans went out of 10 are there and now we received that now is that the core of our own perception of what are mexicans. this
then it was a national security issue, so national security issue, so and washington and mexico city the president corporation and building trust, institutional trust mexico understands the views to disagree on something we agree it is such of complicated situation but fighting drugs and trafficking, smugglers, a long way to go but we are much better when fingerpointing would have been with those differences are channels and many times to move on the agenda. but one clarification i am here is a...
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and rocket launchers that can destroy the city of seoul in a matter of minutes or a few hours, if the north koreans unleash this weaponry. and they have this kind of deterrence. to threaten us and they have had it for a long period of time and we are very, very cognizant about this. another related issue in this connection though is that once north korea mounts nuclear warheads on its missiles, how is, how is that going to affect the retaliation policy? that was established between the united states and south korea in 2010, following the shelling of the young pong island in november of 2010. policy that in the future south korea would have the right to retaliate militarily, if north korea committed future provocations and the u.s. would support that kind of retaliation. what is going to happen to the u.s. and the rok attitude towards the retaliation policy once north korea has nuclear war ahead on its missiles and can threaten to rain nuclear missiles down on south korea, if south korea does retaliate? how are we going to react to this kind of scenario? which i think we will face once
and rocket launchers that can destroy the city of seoul in a matter of minutes or a few hours, if the north koreans unleash this weaponry. and they have this kind of deterrence. to threaten us and they have had it for a long period of time and we are very, very cognizant about this. another related issue in this connection though is that once north korea mounts nuclear warheads on its missiles, how is, how is that going to affect the retaliation policy? that was established between the united...